ANNA DICKINSON
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE
Osgood, James R. 
[October 3, 1871-Aug. 10 1874
(mostly letters of introduction)No. 124, Tremont Street, Boston,
James R. Osgood & Co Publishing Boston
New York Office, No. 713, Broadway.
Late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood & Co.
Boston, Oct 3 1871

Dear Miss Dickinson
I have been 
waiting in the hope 
that you would be here 
and I could have an 
opportunity of talking 
with you about the 
new book as well as 
the YoSemite article. 
[Mr?] Howells does not altogether 
like the latter 
and sent it back to me 
some weeks ago. I should 
have written at once 
but per your expressed 
intention of coming here.Shall I return it to you 
or await your coming?  
When am I to 
have the opportunity to 
hear about the book?  

Truly yours,
J.R. OsgoodNo. 124, Tremont Street, Boston.
James R Osgood & Co. Publishing Boston
New York Office, 713, Broadway. 
Late  Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood & Co

Boston, Apl 14 1873

Dear Miss Dickinson:
Was it not in March 
that I was to have the 
pleasure of receiving from
you the manuscript about 
which we talked last 
winter - or rather I may 
fairly this winter? 
I should be very glad
 to receive it at your
 convenience.
Yours truly,
J.R.  OsgoodBoston
6 Aug. 1873

Dear Miss Dickinson:

Mr. Shepard has told 
me of your conversation 
with him and has given me 
your present address: from 
which I infer that you are 
not to be again in Swampscott.  
I suppose therefore 
that you will send me the 
manuscript as soon as 
it is ready that I may 
have the earliest opportunity 
of reading it.

We could not vary 
from the terms I named toyou (viz 10% or half profits)
unless you might choose to pay
for the stereotype plates in which
case we would pay you 15%.
Perhaps, however, after reading
the book we might guarantee
you a "lump sum" (as the 
English say) on the sales 
which would be satisfactory.
I trust you will not dispose
of the book elsewhere without
some further communication
with me.

Truly yours,
J.R. Osgood
Miss Anna E. Dickinson.
Mount Vernon, N.Y.Dear Miss Dickinson
When you come
Boston, Mass.,
January 1, 1874.

We desire to inform our friends and correspondents
that we have this day removed from 124 Tremont
Street, to our new and commodious quarters in the
Franklin Buildings,

No. 131 Franklin Street,
Corner of Federal Street.

We trust to continue our present relations, which 
we hope to render yet more pleasant and advantageous
to our friends by our greatly increased facilities.
We are
Very Respectfully,
James R. Osgood & Co.

again to Boston, you
will find our oldold quarters converted
into a crockery warehouse 
and us at
new premises as above

I hope I may
know when you are 
here, as I am anxious 
to learn about your
new book which I
hear we have nearly
ready.
Yours truly
JR Osgood

Jan 3 1874No. 131 Franklin Street, Boston
New York Office, 713 Broadway.
LATE TICKNOR. & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD & CO.
Boston, June 5 1874
Dear Miss Dickinson:
What are the
prospects for our book?
Have we written it yet,
and if so when are we
going to publish it?
I see paragraphs
of all kinds floating
about, now [and then] one
stating that Osgood is
going to publish a new
book by Miss Dickinsonnext week, and then one
that somebody else is going
to publish it by subscription.
It is really somewhat
embarrassing to know what 
to say.  Pray tell me what
to say, and [o?????]
Yours very truly
JR Osgood
Miss Anna E. DickinsonNo. 131. Franklin Street, Boston.
New York Office, 713, Broadway.
LATE TICKNOR. & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD. & CO.
Boston, June 26 1874
Dear Miss Dickinson:
Your letter clears
the atmosphere somewhat
though I am still in
the clouds as to the subscription
book.  May I 
know when it is coming
out and what it is?
I can then answer questions
which are daily
asked.
It will give me very
great pleasure to send 
your letter to any persons
abroad with whom a letter
from me would be of any
service.  Will you name 
any such persons in our
connection to whom you
would like such letters?
Very truly yours
JR Osgood
No. 131, Franklin Street, Boston.
New York Office, 713. Broadway
LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD. & CO.
Boston, July 20 1874
Robert Dyer ESq
Messrs. Lonemans & Co.
My Dear Sir:
I avail myself
of the privilege of our 
slight acquaintance to
introduce to you Miss
Anna E. Dickinson, one
of our most esteemed authors.
I shall be glad
if you will afford Miss
Dickinson an opportunity
of looking through your
publishing house and 
gaining an idea of how
business is conducted in
the English metropolis.
With best regards, I am
Yours truly
James R. OsgoodNo. 131, Franklin Street, Boston.
New York Office, 713, Broadway
LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD. & CO.
Boston, July 20, 1874
My dear Mr. Trubner:
I have much
pleasure in bringing to 
your acquaintance
Miss Anna E. Dickinson,
a lady of eminence in
our literature and of
the highest distinction 
in the American lecture
field.  I shall be very
glad if you can aid
Miss Dickinson with any

introductions which will
enable her to more readily
see the interior of the 
great publishing houses
of London as well as the 
representative authors.
Very truly yours
J.R. Osgood
N. Trubner Esq.
57, Ludgate Hill
No. 131, Franklin Street, Boston.
New York Office, 713, Broadway.
LATE TICKNOR. & FIELDS. AND FIELDS, OSGOOD. & CO.
Boston, July 20 1874
 My dear Mr Routledge:
I take pleasure
in introducing to your
acquaintance Miss Anna
E. Dickinson, whose position
as a writer and lecturer
you know well.
Miss Dickinson
would like to learn somewhat
of the manner in
which the great English
publishing houses do businessbusiness - and I know of no
one more competent and 
courteous to whom to commend
her than your good
self.
Very truly yours
J.R. Osgood
George Routledge Esq
The Broadway
Ludgate Hill.No. 131, Franklin Street, Boston.
New York Office, 713, Broadway.
LATE TICKNOR. & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD. & CO.
Boston, July 20 1874
George Smith [??y]
Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co.
Waterlooplace, London:
Dear Sir:
I take pleasure in 
introducing to your acquaintance
one of our
most esteemed authors,
Miss Anna E. Dickinson.
Any courtesy
which you may be able
to extend to Miss Dickinsonduring her stay in London
will be gratefully appreciated
She is especially
desirous to meet Mr.
Browning & Mr Rushkin
Very truly yours
James R. OsgoodNo. 131, Franklin Street, Boston.
New York Office, 713, Broadway.
LATE TICKNOR. & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD. & CO.
Boston, July 20 1874
Alexander Strahan Esq
Dear Sir:
I take pleasure 
in introducing to your
acquaintance Miss Anna
E. Dickinson, whom you
know as one of our best
authors and as a distinguished
public speaker.
Any courtesy
which you may extend
to Miss Dickinson during 
her stay in London will
be gratefully appreciated.
Very truly yours
JR OsgoodNo. 131, Franklin Street, Boston.
New York Office, 713, Broadway.
LATE TICKNOR. & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD. & CO.
Boston, July 20 1874
Mr dear Sir:
I have the pleasure
of introducing to your acquaintance
one of our most
esteemed authors, Miss
Anna E. Dickinson.  Miss
Dickinson as a lover of
literature has a natural
drive to see the publishing
house which has had
charge of the commercial
fortunes of so many famousauthors.  I commend her 
to your courtesy and care
dear sir.
Yours very truly
James R. Osgood
Robert Cooke Esq.
Messrs. John [Mu?ay] & Co.
Albes[?]arle St.No. 131, Franklin Street, Boston.
New York Office, 713, Broadway.
LATE TICKNOR. & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD. & CO.
Boston, July 20 1874
My dear Mr Craik:
I take pleasure
in giving this letter to
Miss Anna E. Dickinson
as an introduction to 
yourself and your firm,
as well as to Mrs. Craik 
whom she will be glad
to see and who will in
turn be glad to make her
acquaintance
It is scarcely nec
essary for me to say
anything of Miss Dickinson's
place in literay circles
to you who know American
writers and speakers so well
Very truly yours
J.R. Osgood
George L. Craik Esq
[???] Macmillan & Co
London.No. 131, Franklin Street, Boston.
New York Office, 713, Broadway.
LATE TICKNOR. & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD. & CO.
Boston, July 21 1874
My dear Miss Dickinson
I enclose letter of introduction
as follows:
1.  George L Craik Esq. Firm of 
Macmillan & Co. Publisher
2.  N. Trubner Esq. Publisher
3.  Robt. Cooke Esq partner of
John Murray
4.  George Routledge Esq. Publisher
5.  Robert Dyer Esq. Firm of Longmans
& Co. Publishers
6.  Alexander Strahan Esq.
I do not send any letters 
to authors, as you will verysurely have plenty of these
from your literary friends
and because these gentlemen
to whom I enclose letters will
readily bring you acquainted
with any authors you
care to meet.
Through Mr Trubner
you will easily know George
Eliot and Charles Reade:
through Mr Strahan- Tennyson & Jean Bigelow
through Mr Craik many
leading authors for whom
his house publishes; and 
also his wife, Mrs Mulock-Craik, 
who is one of the
people you ought to know.


I sincerely hope these letters 
may be of service to you, and
that you will have a good
time and return refreshed
in health & strength.
Yours truly
J.R. Osgood
P.S. I read your letter again
& note what you say about
Rushkin & Browning.  Therefore
I add a letter to Mr George 
Smith, who publishes both.No. 131, Franklin Street, Boston.
New York Office, 713, Broadway.
LATE TICKNOR. & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD. & CO.
Boston, Aug. 10 1874
Dear Miss Dickinson
I am glad to hear 
that there is still a prospect
of your having a 
book this Autumn.
Send it along as
soon as possible.
Yours truly
J.R. Osgood